The tabloids hound me. What makes me more dangerous to them than anybody else is the fact that I lead something of a religious lifestyle. I despise drugs and cigarettes, I'm celibate and I live a very serene lifestyle. (1985)

Most of the faces I see on the covers of American music magazines are just dreadful- people with nothing to offer the world at all. (2003)

I'm personally not fooled by the monarchy. Whereas one can set the Queen aside and acknowledge that she means a great deal to many people, that is not the case…

I suppose you have work tomorrow? That's quite sad, really.